Zimbabwe's cricket team has offered to tour Pakistan to raise funds for the victims of the country's massive floods, despite the suspension of foreign visits following a militant attack last year. An official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said the governing body of the ZCU had made contact over a proposed tour. “They are willing to come over and play a series as they want to help us raise funds for the flood victims. They have left it up to us to give dates and schedule for the tour,” media manager Nadeem Sarwar said. Pakistan has been banned from hosting international cricket tours since militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore last year. Six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed while five Sri Lankan players were wounded. The International Cricket Council moved matches of the 2011 World Cup away from Pakistan because of security concerns. Pakistan is scheduled to play a ‘home' Test series against South Africa in the United Arab Emirates in October. Sarwar said the ICC and member boards were keen to help Pakistan cricket and most importantly to raise funds for flood victims. PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt told TV One” Friday that they had asked several boards including India to play matches to raise money for flood victims. The worst floods in Pakistan's history have claimed around 1,500 lives, washed away thousands of villages and left millions homeless. Botha named T20 captain Off-spinner Johan Botha has replaced Graeme Smith as South Africa's Twenty20 captain, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced Saturday. Smith announced he was stepping down from that role earlier this week. Botha, 28, impressed as Proteas skipper after leading South Africa to a 4-1 away one-day international series win against Australia during the 2008-09 season. “I really enjoyed the captaincy when I stood in for Graeme before and I am proud to be offered the job now. I am looking forward to working with such a special team,” Botha said in a statement. Botha, who has played in three Tests, 57 ODIs and 21 Twenty20 matches, has had a controversial career, having been investigated twice by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for an alleged illegal bowling action. Sangakkara not guilty Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara did not breach the players' code of conduct during a tri-series match against New Zealand, the world governing body said Saturday. Sangakkara was pulled up by match referee Alan Hurst after he collided with Black Caps' bowler Nathan McCallum while turning for a second run during Friday's match in Dambulla. Hurst charged Sangakkara with a Level 2 offense of the International Cricket Council's Code of Conduct which relates to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players in the course of play.” But the former Australian fast bowler let off the Sri Lankan captain after examining video evidence of the incident. “I looked at video footage of the incident from various angles and considered the detailed evidence of the umpires,” Hurst said in an ICC statement. “I found that video evidence that was put forward by the player provided reasonable doubt as to whether the contact was deliberate.” The match was abandoned due to heavy rain with Sri Lanka, sent in to bat, on 203-3 from 43.4 overs. New Zealand leads the standings with seven points, one more than Sri Lanka and two in front of India. There are two matches left before next Saturday's final.
